“What a beautiful gift they’ve given me. I just hope they know how big I love them, right back. For all of it.”
To My Parents: Thank You For All Your Sacrifices (As A New Mom, I Finally Get It Now)
It’s Okay To ‘Just Be A Mom’—Parenting Is A Full-Time Job
“Society says, ‘You want to stay home and raise your kids? Psh, are you stuck in the 1950’s? You are a woman and you are powerful! You need to climb the corporate ladder to be the most successful woman in the history of the world! You can’t waste your brain on being Susie Homemaker. What is wrong with you? Go get a degree!’”
Just Diagnosed With Cancer? Here Are The 10 Next Steps You Need To Know
“This is an overwhelming process, one unlike you’ve ever experienced. You are about to embark on the fight of your life, FOR your life.”
I Wish I’d Been Warned About Stillbirth Before It Happened To Me
“If you are pregnant or plan to be pregnant, there is a chance that your baby could be stillborn. Why am I telling you this? Because I wish someone had told me.”
‘He ran over to the thigh-high water to find a woman screaming she couldn’t get her seat belt off’: Good Samaritan pulls woman from overturned car in ditch, ‘He was a hero that day’
“All she was cared about was that her drugs were fine. But it didn’t matter to him. He was happy to help someone in trouble.”
‘Mama, it’s beautiful!’ I felt sick to my stomach. There’s nothing normal about cemetery shopping for your baby.’: Mom tragically recounts losing daughter during pregnancy
“It was obvious her condition was worsening. I found myself awake, begging God to let me sleep. The next day I had yet another doctor’s appointment. This time I met my sister in the parking lot of the hospital, and we walked nervously in together. Both of us were fighting back tears. The nurse searched to find her heartbeat. My eyes met my sister’s when we thought we heard it, but we didn’t.”
‘Beneath MY white coat lives a patient.’: Med student with Chiari Malformation undergoes experimental surgery
“I always hoped for the day I’d be cured, when I’d no longer be the patient, only the doctor, because for so long I was made to believe the two could not exist at the same time.”
‘It was positive. I was terrified. I started shaking and then crying.’: Woman overcomes years of infertility to conceive beautiful baby boy
“I spent the next two years convincing myself I didn’t want a baby anymore. I became obsessed with puppies to fill the void. I had to pet and hug every dog I saw. I looked at puppies on the internet at work. I needed a puppy. The day after I brought our new puppy home, I realized I was late again for my period. I mentioned it to my husband and he replied, ‘You’re always late.’”
The Woman Who Birthed My Twin Daughters Gave Them Life, But She Is Not Their Mother
“Any gestational surrogate would say the same. Though we may not say it every day, not a single day goes by that we are not grateful for this tremendous gift.”
‘I take my grandma to dialysis 3 times a week, so my kids and I hang out with grandpa while we wait for her.’
“Even though she’s 3 and he’s 90, they still have a lot to talk about!”